With the discovery of the body, the case has been upgraded to a homicide investigation and Israel Mireles is now considered a suspect in the case, rather than a person of interest.

“The continuing focus of this investigation is the location and questioning of Israel Mireles,” Boren said. “We’re very much interested in interviewing him.”

They want to allow Mireles to describe his involvement in the series of events.
One thing they are no longer looking into at this time is the Internet connection. They also are no longer searching for the bedspread.

On Wednesday, several news outlets reported that Sander had set up a pornographic Web site and went under the name Zoey Zane.

“Investigators have been inundated with information that has misdirected much manpower and energy away from tasks that would be better suited in locating Mr. Mireles,” Boren said.

Investigators have talked with the lady who owns and built the site on which Sander’s photos appeared.

“In our minds there is no connection between this site and what happened to Miss Sanders,”?he said.

Mireles’s whereabouts continue to remain unknown and they have no further information about vehicle descriptions.

“We have got no information at all from them (Mireles’s family) and very little cooperation,”?he said.

Angela Patel, owner of El Dorado Hotel along with her husband,?Joe, said Mireles had indicated he would be leaving town in a couple of days.?This was about two days prior to the incident.

His girlfriend, who had been staying with him nearly every day at the hotel, had left two days before the incident as well for the Thanksgiving holiday. She is thought to be with him currently, and Boren said her family is concerned for her safety.

"The job has literally just begun,” he said.

Police have yet to determine a cause of death for the woman. They also are making arrangements to bring his vehicle back to Kansas from Texas so they could process it.

“Our confidence was pretty high that this would be the outcome,”?Boren said.